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CHAIN BAR. No. 297,783. Patented Apr. 29, 1884.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OSEPH U. GEROW, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHAIN-BAR. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,783, dated April 29, 1884.

Application filed February 28, 1884. (No model.)

' T ail whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH U. GEROW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chain-Bars, of which the following is .a specification.

My invention relates to cross bars for watch-chains, and especially that class thereof which are used for holding a toothpick, leadpencil, or other similar article. My invention consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter described,whereby an article of superior utility is obtained, such construction being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, showing a tooth-pick in position to be withdrawn. Fig. 2 is a similar section, showing the position of the pick when not in use. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4 is a cross-section. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the bar, which'is of tubular form, and is closed at one end, it being left open at the other end. Into this bar is fitted a tube, B,which is connected to asec- 0nd tube, 0, fitted upon the bar by means I of a pin, D, passing through a longitudinal slot, e, of the bar, so that the inner tube can be moved lengthwise of the bar through the medium of the outer tube. The inner tube, B, forms a receptacle for a tooth-pick, f, or other similar article, and when the article is to be inserted in it .such tube is brought to the position shown in Fig. 1 by moving the outer tube in the direction of the arrow shownin Fig. 2. Then, when the-article has been put by contact with the garment. The slot e of the bar determines the positions of the inner tube, and the usual ring or loop, .9, of the bar being attached to the outer tube, facilitates its manipulation. The pick or other article is held in the inner tube by friction, and to increase snch friction the inner tube is crim-ped annularly, as at 0, Figs. 5 and 6., it being slotted to more readily take the desired shape. The position of the pick or other article in the inner tube is determined by a shoulder, i,

formed by bending the inner end of the tube inward, such shoulder acting as a stop to the article inserted in the tube.

What I claim as-new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the tubular bar having a longitudinal slot, the'inner tube forming a receptacle for a tooth-pick or other article, and the outer tube connected to the innertube bya pin passing through the slot of the bar.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbe'fore described, of the tubular bar having a longitudinalslot, the inner tube or receptacle crimped annularly for increasing its friction, with the tooth pick or other article inserted therein,'and the outer tube connected to the inner tube by a pin passing through the slot of the bar.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the tubular bar having a longitudinal slot, the inner tube having a stop-shoulder for determining the position of the article inserted therein, and the outer tube connected to the inner tube by a pin passing through the slot of the bar. r

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH U. GEBOW. [L. s]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, CHAS. WAHLERS. 

